CVE-2020-25619
An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The SSH component does not restrict...
An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The SSH component does not restrict the Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints. An attacker can leverage an SSH feature (port forwarding with a temporary key pair) to access network services on the 127.0.0.1 interface, even though this feature was only intended for user-to-agent communication.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The SSH component does not restrict the Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints. An attacker can leverage an SSH feature (port forwarding with a temporary key pair) to access network services on the 127.0.0.1 interface, even though this feature was only intended for user-to-agent communication.
- Record
CVE-2020-25619- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The SSH component does not restrict the Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints. An attacker can leverage an SSH feature (port forwarding with a temporary key pair) to access network services on the 127.0.0.1 interface, even though this feature was only intended for user-to-agent communication.
- Record
CVE-2020-25619- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-18296 No score
An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The SSH component does not restrict the Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints. An attacker can leverage an SSH feature (port forwarding with a temporary key pair) to access network services on the 127.0.0.1 interface, even though this feature was only intended for user-to-agent communication.
- Record
EUVD-2020-18296- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gfrg-r8xw-vpm9 No score
An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The SSH component does not restrict...
An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. The SSH component does not restrict the Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints. An attacker can leverage an SSH feature (port forwarding with a temporary key pair) to access network services on the 127.0.0.1 interface, even though this feature was only intended for user-to-agent communication.
- Record
GHSA-gfrg-r8xw-vpm9- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-25619 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Solarwinds N-central, published December 16, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.